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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299001620
Gammon Elem
3240 N Rushwood, Wichita, KS 67226 · (316) 973-4900 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
368 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
16.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 13.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gammon Elem
Gammon Elem's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gammon Elem this school | 448 | 82.1% | 22.1% |
| Adams Elem Wichita | 446 | 95.7% | 16.6% |
| Welborn Elem Kansas City | 504 | 88.7% | 14.1% |
| Minneha Core Knowledge Elem Wichita | 644 | 69.9% | 33.8% |
| John F Kennedy Elem Kansas City | 419 | 73.5% | 23.6% |
| Beech Elem Wichita | 538 | 86.6% | 13.2% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gammon Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #554 of 625 | #58 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #567 of 625 | #62 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #570 of 625 | #71 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #118 of 714 | #31 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #264 of 539 | #34 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #6 of 540 | #5 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #104 of 658 | #41 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #318 of 377 | #59 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 448 | 33.6 | 13.3:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 31.8 | 13.2:1 | 85% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 33.8 | 12.7:1 | 85% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 78% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 29.2 | 16.1:1 | 74% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 70% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 26% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gammon Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (469 to 448); teachers up 15% (29.2 to 33.6).
About Gammon Elem
Gammon Elem is one of the public schools in Wichita, Kansas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 448 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kansas) has about 313 students.
Gammon Elem is one of the 87 schools that make up Wichita (47,545 students in total).
Gammon Elem has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 37%. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 16% White, 14% Asian, and 12% multiracial. By comparison, Sedgwick County residents are about 8% Black. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Eligible students account for 82% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Sedgwick County report 63%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Gammon Elem is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 22.1%. Predicted: 22.9%.
Within Sedgwick County, the median household income is $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools and roughly 84,569 students.
The nearest other public school, Jackson Elementary, is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gammon Elem ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Gammon Elem is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 455 to 448, a small change.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Elementary0.7 mi · 337
- Brooks Magnet Middle School2.0 mi · 578
- Coleman Middle School2.1 mi · 631
- Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elem2.2 mi · 313
- Stucky Middle School2.3 mi · 518
- Isely Traditional Magnet Elem2.6 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Gammon ElemHow large is Gammon Elem?
Gammon Elem enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gammon Elem serve?
Gammon Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gammon Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gammon Elem is approximately 13.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gammon Elem?
Student demographics at Gammon Elem are roughly 16% White, 21% Hispanic, 37% Black, 14% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Gammon Elem in?
Gammon Elem is part of Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.